THE UNITE GROUP PLC Annual Report and Accounts 2024 47 Male Male % Female Female % Total Board 6 60% 4 40% 10 Management 37 62.7% 22 37.3% 59 All other employees 1,032 53.4% 899 46.6% 1,938* Total 1,069 53.7% 921 46.3% 1,997* *Total figure includes 7 gender undisclosed colleagues. GENDER SPLIT For more information on gender split, see our separate Sustainability Report – https://www.unitegroup.com/sustainability SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING Our Sustainability Report includes detailed data in line with the European Public Real Estate Association Sustainability Best Practice Reporting Guidelines (EPRA sBPR) and in 2024 we retained Silver EPRA sBPR for FY23 reporting. Climate- related risks are disclosed in line with TCFD and CFD on page 63. We disclose sustainability data to the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), and retained our 4-star GRESB rating in 2024. Our GRESB scorecard is avaialble at https://www.unitegroup.com/sustainability. We achieved various ESG ratings including ISS ESG, MSCI ESG and EPRA sBPR awards as detailed in our standalone Sustainability Report. We are outside of scope of EU CSRD reporting and not planning early adoption of IFRS S1 and S2. Social matters Our Resident Ambassador programme provides peer-to-peer support for students, see https://www.unitegroup.com/sustainability. Our Positive Impact programme encourages our people and teams to work with local stakeholders on community impact initiatives, see https://www.unitegroup.com/sustainability. Market overview focusing on demographic trends, see from page 6. The Unite Group is the principal supporter of the Unite Foundation, the only charity that provides a home at university for estranged and care-experienced students – see https:// thisisusatuni.org/ and https://www.unitegroup.com/sustainability. Support to Stay, our innovative student support framework designed to align with universities’ processes for supporting student mental health and wider wellbeing, see https://www.unitegroup.com/sustainability. NON-FINANCIAL AND SUSTAINABILITY INFORMATION STATEMENT CONTINUED Environmental matters Our Sustainability framework sets out clear objectives and our progress in respect of environmental, social and governance matters, see page 43 https://www.unitegroup.com/sustainability. TCFD and CFD page 63. Our Net Zero Carbon Pathway sets out our pledge to be net zero carbon by 2030, see https://www.unitegroup.com/sustainability/our-net-zero-pathway. Energy and carbon. Full details in line with the Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting requirements, see page 48. Wider environmental impact details of other environmental performance metrics, targets and activity, see https://www.unitegroup.com/sustainability. Our Sustainable Construction Framework sets out our approach to the sustainable design and construction of new purpose-built student accommodation, refurbishment and retrofits. It will also inform how we procure new net zero developments, see https://www.unitegroup.com/ wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Unite-Students-Sustainable-Construction-Framework.pdf. EPRA sBPR Further environmental, social and governance performance is also reported in line with the EPRA sBPR guidelines in our standalone Sustainability Report, see https://www.unitegroup.com/sustainability. Health & Safety Our Health and Safety strategy keeping people safe and secure across our operational buildings and new development sites, see page 108. STREAMLINED ENERGY AND CARBON REPORTING The following tables summarise energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors’ Reports) Regulations 2013 and the Companies (Directors’ Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018, and in accordance with the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR). Reporting periods are January to December. More comprehensive data is in our Sustainability Report, and Net Zero Carbon Pathway which sets out our 2030 net zero carbon ambition and targets.